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		<title>Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – Great Tew, Oxfordshire, 5-7 July 2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Cornbury-1024x768.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Cornbury" /></a>Friday 5 July Arriving onsite just in time to catch the tail end of former Supergrass singer/songwriter Gaz Coombes set. Being a bit of a local musical hero his set was well received although he may have missed a trick &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-cornbury-festival-great-tew-oxfordshire-5-7-july-2019/">Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – Great Tew, Oxfordshire, 5-7 July 2019</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: CORNBURY returns with headliners THE SPECIALS, KEANE and THE BEACH BOYS (5-7 July 2019)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/news-cornbury-festival-the-specials-keane-the-beach-boys-july-2019/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cf2019a-682x1024.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Cornbury Festival 2019" title="Cornbury Festival 2019" /></a>The sixteenth Cornbury Music Festival is held in The Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire 5-7 July. Joining headliners The Specials, Keane and The Beach Boys, artists include KT Tunstall, Elkie Brooks, Trevor Horn Band, Paul Cattack and Steeleye Span. Amongst the &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/news-cornbury-festival-the-specials-keane-the-beach-boys-july-2019/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/news-cornbury-festival-the-specials-keane-the-beach-boys-july-2019/">News: CORNBURY returns with headliners THE SPECIALS, KEANE and THE BEACH BOYS (5-7 July 2019)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: VIVE LE ROCK AWARDS – Islington Academy, London, 27 March 2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/03/gig-review-vive-le-rock-awards-islington-academy-london-27-march-2019/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SUZI-q.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Suzi Quatro" title="" /></a>Tonight&#8217;s 2019 Vive le Rock Awards was always going to be a broad musical church, what with a mix of  punk, new wave and glam artists populating the bill. That said, the spirit of punk hangs heavily on a night &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/03/gig-review-vive-le-rock-awards-islington-academy-london-27-march-2019/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/03/gig-review-vive-le-rock-awards-islington-academy-london-27-march-2019/">Gig review: VIVE LE ROCK AWARDS – Islington Academy, London, 27 March 2019</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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